Carrier for bottles.



W. I. SHERWOOD.

CARRIER FOR BOTTLES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16, 1916.

Lwfi fimo Patented Aug. 14,1917.

WM ZSMM ATEN WTLLIAM I. SHERWOOD, OF UPPER IVIONTCLAIR, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T0 CORDLEY AND HAYES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

CARRIER noa eorcrrins.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 14, 191?.

- Application filed November 16, 1916. Serial No. 131,727.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, WILLIAM I. Srinawooo, a citizen of the United States, residing at Upper Montclair, 1n the county of Essex, State of New Jersey, have mvented certain new and useful Improvements n Carriers for Bottles, of which the followlng 1s a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formlng a part hereof.

My inventionrelates to carriers for bottles, jars and other articles to be llfted or carried by hand and has for its ob ect to provide a simple strong and inexpenslve device particularly adapted for 11ft1ng and carrying heavy bottles of water, ClGHllJOhIlS and the like which will firmly grasp and hold the article to be carried and may be easily released from it and in which the greater the weight to be carried the more firmly will the article be held.

With these and other objects hereinafter explained in view my invention consists in the construction and combination of elements hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view ofa carrier embodying my invention in posltion on a bottle.

Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional view of the carrier shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the carrier on a plane below the points at which the carrier members are hinged together.

Fig. 4 is a partial side view of a carrier showlng a modified form of hand grasp and Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 but showing a second modified form of hand grasp,

In the drawings 1 and 2 are two carrler members each formed of stout wire to form a handle portion and two legs depending therefrom. The legs of carrier member 1 are each bent midway of its length to form a coil 3 and each is bent at its end to form an eye 4. The carrier member 2 has its legs each bent midway of its length to form a pivot 7 parallel with the handle portion 10 adapted to extend through and turn in coil 3 of the carrier member 1, and each of its legs is provided at its end with an eye 8.

The carrier members 1 and 2 are each provided at their lower ends with clamping members 5 each provided on each of its ends with an eye 6 for engagement with eyes 4= of the legs of member 1 of member 2.

The handle portions 9 and 10 of the carrier members are so arranged that both may readily be grasped by the hand of the person using the device. The eyes 6 of the clamping members 5 are formed by bending the ends of the clamping member upward and inward, and the eyes 4 and 8 of the carrier members are formed by bending the ends of the legs inward and upward. The clamping members are thus free to swing slightly so as to adapt themselves to the neck of the bottle or other article on which the device is used.

The handle portions 9 and 10 may be left free to be grasped by the hand of the user of the device and when so used the pressure of the hand will tend to force the handle portions toward each other and to thereby force the clamping members 5 toward each other and thus make the grip on the article proportional to its weight, but I prefer to provide these handle portions with a hand grasp convenient for the hand which will and eyes 8 of the legs have a cam action on the handle portions to force them toward each other as the article to be carried is lifted.

The hand grasp shown in Figs. 1 and 2 consists of a piece of sheet metal 11 bent into an arc shape as shown with one edge 12 bent to inclose the handle portion 9 and having its other edge 18 bent upward to form a stop for the handle portion 10. The edge 12 turns freely on the handle portion 9 and the body of the hand grasp extends under the handle portion 10. When the clamping members 5 are to be placed about the article to be lifted the handle members may separate until the handle member 10 reaches and is stopped by the inturned end 13. When the carrier is in position and the bottle or other article is to be lifted the grasp of the hand on the hand grasp causes it to swing on the handle member 9 and to act as a cam on the handle member 10 to force it toward the handle member 9 with a pressure depending on the weight of the bottle or other article to be lifted and carried.

In the modified form shown in Fig. 4 the piece of sheet metal 14 corresponding to the piece 11 of Figs. 1 and 2 is formed into a bers together as'indicated in dotted lines.

.each other.

to fit the neck of a bottle.

the article to be gras ed and lifted.

clamping members 5 areto be separated to in its-body, its body being curved to form a be placed over the neck of a bottle, the hand cam for forcing the second handle portion grasp rests on the handle members as shown toward the first. in full lines. In lifting the article to be v3. A carrier for bottles or like containers carried the hand grasp moves upward 'and comprising two carrier members each its converging sides force the handle memformed of a single piece of wire'and each having a handle portion and legs depending In the modification shown in Fig. 5 the therefrom, the legs of one carrier member sheet metal piece 15 forming the hand grasp being each bent midway of its. length to is bent into elliptical form in cross-section. form a coil, and having an eye at its end, When the clamping members. are in openthe legs of the other carrier member being position the hand grasp rests on the handle each bent midway of its length to form a members 9 and 10 with its longer diameter pivot extending through and adapted to horizontal. When the article is to be lifted turn in one of said coils and having an eye the hand rasp is turned so that its shorter at its lower end, and clamping members diameter 1s horizontal as shown in dotted having an eye at each end engaging an eye lines forcing the handle members toward of a leg of one of the carrier members and bent between its ends to conform to a bottle The clamping members 5 are shown bent neck.

They may of 4. A carrier for bottles or like containers course be bent to any other form suitable to comprising two carrier members each formed of a single piece of wire and each Having thus descri ed my invention what' having a handle portion and legs depending I claim is therefrom, the legs of'one carrier member 1. A carrier for bottles and the like com being each bent midway of its length to prising two members pivotally connected 7 form a'coil, and having an eyeat its end, the midway of their length provided at one end legs of the other carrier member being each with means for grasping the article to be bent midway of its length to form a pivot carried and provided at their other ends extending through and adapted to turn in with handle portions, and a hand grasp one of said coils and having an eye at its inclosing the handle members and so formed lower end, and clamping members having as to exert a cam action on the handle poran eye t h d g gm an eye f a l tions to force them toward each other. i of one of the carrier members and bent be- 2. A carrier for bottles and the like comtween its ends to conform to a bottle neck, prising two members pivotally connected and a hand grasp inclosing the handle pormidway of their length provided at one end tions adapted to force them toward each with means for grasping the'article to be other. carried and provided at their other ends In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature with handle portions, and a hand grasp bent this 2nd day of November, 1916.

at one end about one of the handle portions and inclosing the other handle portion with- WILLIAM I. SHERWOOD. 

